The delegates from the national medicines regulatory authorities of 17 countries, who met for the first time to help tackle Covid-19 on 18 March, acknowledged that some vaccine candidates might not need to be tested on animals. This was one of the conclusions from a summary of their meeting, although it should be pointed out that this conclusion was not unanimous.
The report from the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) includes the key findings of...